Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burton

3 senses of burton

Sense 1
Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton -- (English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2
Burton, Richard Burton -- (Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984))
       INSTANCE OF=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player -- (a theatrical performer)

Sense 3
Burton -- (a strong dark English ale)
       => ale -- (a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume)